Assessing global risks
Three days of intense discussion at last week’s meeting of the World Economic Forum provided diverse perspectives on global trends and ended in a call for coordinated solutions to the…
Global offshore money maze
All responsible governments in recent years have shown commitment to retrieving looted money by their citizens, but in Pakistan the PPP-led government during its five-year-tenure (2008-2013) acted as the main…
New global ‘intifada’
It is hardly a coincidence that after a decade of a purposeless ‘war on terror’ to avenge the equally senseless 9/11 terrorist attack, the world is waking up to its…
The role of remittance systems in terrorist financing
As we have seen in our earlier studies that money laundering is a serious crime and effects the individuals, state and society. That is why, today, there is a global…
The challenges ahead
IT has been a year that one would like to forget. It has been a year of political turmoil, worsening economic crises and the return of terrorism. The perpetual state…
Terror nexus in Afghanistan
THE attack on the Pakistan embassy in Kabul last week raises questions about the Taliban administration’s capacity and resolve to fight terrorist groups operating from Afghan soil. The shooting that…
Return to the dark ages
IT is a year since the Taliban stormed Kabul to retake control of Afghanistan some two decades after the conservative Islamic regime was routed by American forces following the events of 9/11.…
Fighting terrorism
COMPREHENDING the nature of a terrorist threat is essential for countering or physically eliminating it, as well as for preventing its recurrence. A terrorist threat comes from a complex system…
An unfortunate error
In a surprise move, the Chinese government opted to leave out Pakistan from a major global event on development – the High Level Dialogue on Global Development – that it…
Pakistan and FATF mandate
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released the Report on the State of Effectiveness and Compliance with the FATF Standards in April 2022. This report contains a comprehensive overview of…
